Battery facts & figures

Around 600 million UK household batteries (22,000 tonnes) – the equivalent weight of 110 Jumbo Jets – are sent to landfill unnecessarily every year

Nine out of 10 people would recycle batteries if there was a door-to-door battery collection scheme in their area

The average household uses 21 batteries a year, all of which could be recycled

89% of batteries are for general use and can be found in every room in the house

You can tell your batteries are running low or used up by: 

• testing them in a torch or clock 
• using a battery tester

All non-lead acid battery types can be recycled through our trial schemes, including both rechargeable and non-rechargeable batteries and battery packs from electronic and electrical equipment: 

• Alkaline manganese 
• Zinc-carbon 
• Nickel Cadmium (NiCd) 
• Lithium Ion (Li-ion) 
• Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) 
• Single-use Lithium 
• Silver Oxide 
• Zinc Air